Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), vice chair of the Jan. 6 Select Committee, on Sunday expressed confidence in the panel uncovering new information about the events surrounding last year’s deadly Capitol insurrection.
Continue reading “Cheney Outlines Why ‘There Certainly Will Be New Information’ From Jan. 6 Committee”A Note From Finland
A Note from TPM Reader JI from Finland …
Continue reading “A Note From Finland”Then the very important point related to the role of the USA in the current Ukraine affairs (sorry I cannot write this rant in English in a short format). This is a point of view of a person living next door to Russia, having a long cultural experience about their behavior.
Thinking About the News Coverage
TPM Reader PT has some thoughts and questions on two versions of the Ukraine War he’s seeing from the Times on the one hand and various government analyses, outside expert analyses and comments from military analysts.
Continue reading “Thinking About the News Coverage”I’ve mainly been following the Russia-Ukraine war via various sources on Twitter, including the UK’s MOD and US DOD updates, plus some maps, knowledgeable sources, etc. From these I’ve learned that Russia has barely advanced at all in several days, that they appear to be unable to advance into the country because they’re limited by round-trip distance their supply trucks can cover on 1 tank of fuel, that their logistics and armor are getting picked off, that their Air Force has underperformed to a degree that nobody can really explain, that they’re losing an average of over 1000 soldiers per day (where losses include injuries and defections as well as deaths). CW in these sources is that Russia’s forces will probably lose all capacity for offensive action in the next couple of weeks unless something changes drastically in their favor. In other words, what Ukraine is doing in combat, and what the rest of the world is doing to assist them, is working.
Then I go to the NYTimes website. None of the above is reported.
Don Young, Dead at 88
Rep. Don Young (R) of Alaska has died at age 88.
Idaho Lt. Guv: Actually Yes, I Did Know I Was Speaking To White Nationalists. What About It?
Idaho Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin (R), who spoke at the recent America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC), insisted several days after the conference that she didn’t know anything about Nick Fuentes, the prominent white nationalist who organized the event.
On Thursday, the GOP lieutenant governor threw that denial right out the window.
Continue reading “Idaho Lt. Guv: Actually Yes, I Did Know I Was Speaking To White Nationalists. What About It?”Putin Envisions A ‘Mythic Russia’ In Areas Of Ukraine He Now Controls
In more peaceful times, Ukraine’s Black Sea coast is an economic hub, allowing the country to siphon off the fruits of its land in exchange for foreign cash, while drawing hordes of domestic and foreign tourists to the region’s beaches.
Continue reading “Putin Envisions A ‘Mythic Russia’ In Areas Of Ukraine He Now Controls”What Is Former Far-Right Legislator Matt Shea Doing With Dozens Of Ukrainian Kids In Poland?
We’re in day 2 of our reporting on Matt Shea’s adventures in Ukraine and Poland: The far-right former state legislator from Washington traveled to the region, he says, because he wanted to take part in the evacuation of several dozen children — 62 or 63, accounts vary — from an orphanage in Mariupol, Ukraine, which has been under heavy Russian attack for days.
The “rescue action” itself happened earlier this month, and it’s not clear how involved Shea actually was: A right-wing Polish group that’s working with him wrote that the children “met their American rescuers after a 16-hour long train journey.”
Polish locals, realizing who Shea was, were concerned: The former state legislator has been formally accused of domestic terrorism for his involvement with the Malheur National Wildlife refuge standoff, and he’s known for his unique blend of fundamental Christianity, militarism, and support for the separatist 51st state movement known as “Liberty State.”
What’s Shea doing with 60-some Ukrainian kids in Poland? Here’s what we know so far:
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Republicans Lean In To Hawley’s QAnon-Flavored Jackson Attacks
After Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) tweeted out a lengthy thread accusing Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of leniency in dealing with sex offenders — particularly those who hurt children — other Republicans are following his lead.
Continue reading “Republicans Lean In To Hawley’s QAnon-Flavored Jackson Attacks”Trump Admin Directed DHS Intel To Pursue Voter Fraud Fantasies Ahead Of 2020 Election
The Trump administration’s acting Homeland Security Deputy Secretary directed intelligence officials at the Department of Homeland Security in late April 2020 to look into then-President Donald Trump’s bogus conspiracy theories about mail-in voting, Politico reports.
Continue reading “Trump Admin Directed DHS Intel To Pursue Voter Fraud Fantasies Ahead Of 2020 Election”